Privacy Policy

Last updated: 3 November 2026

Raved ("Raved", "we", "us") is an app by BeatLabs FZE LLC (licence 53228), AMC-BLA-B.C-6010468, AMC Boulevard-A, Ajman, United Arab Emirates. We are the controller of the personal data described here. This policy explains what we collect, why, and the choices you have. We don't run ads and we don't track you across other apps or websites.

What we collect

• Account information. When you sign in with Apple or Google, we receive a user identifier and, depending on what you allow, your name and email address. This is used to create and secure your account.
• Your raves. The recommendations you save (title, category, who recommended it, cover link, details and dates) are stored on your device. While you're signed in, a private copy linked to your account is kept in our cloud database, so they sync across your devices and come back if you reinstall. If you write someone's name as the person who recommended something, that name is saved too.
• Your @username. The handle you choose is visible to other signed-in Raved users, for example the members of your groups.
• Your settings. Your block list and custom categories are stored privately with your account.
• App and account details. When you sign in, the app records your device's region setting (a country code, not your location), platform, app version and the date you last used it. We use them only for our own statistics, such as counting accounts by country, platform and version.
• Groups. If you create or join a group, the group name, its join code, its members, their display names, the recommendations added to it and who marked them as done are stored in our cloud database so members can see them in real time.
• Shared links. When you share a rave as a short link, the app stores that rave (title, category, cover link, short detail and the name you share it under) together with your account identifier, so the link (raved.app/r/…) can show it to whoever opens it. Anyone with the link can see that rave. If a short link can't be created, the app shares a longer link that carries the same details inside the address itself, and we don't store it.
• Reports. If you report content or a user, we receive your account identifier, the reason, what you wrote, the group and rave concerned, and who added that rave.
• Cover art & suggestions. As you type a title, the app sends the text to public catalog services to suggest matches and artwork. These requests are not tied to your account, but each service can see your IP address.
• Purchases. Apple and Google handle payments for Raved Pro. We never see your card details; the app only learns whether you have Pro.
• Support. If you email us, we receive your address and whatever you include in your message.

The Home Screen widget and the reminder work on your device: nothing about them is sent to us.

What we do not collect

No advertising identifiers, no third-party analytics or tracking SDKs, no location tracking, no selling of data. Ever. We don't use your data for automated decisions about you.

Why we use your data

• To provide the service you asked for (performance of a contract): your account, syncing your raves, groups, shared links and purchases.
• For our legitimate interests: keeping Raved secure, handling reports and abuse, and understanding in aggregate how many accounts use each country, platform and version. You can object at any time by writing to us.
• To meet legal obligations when the law requires us to keep or disclose something.

Service providers

We use Google Firebase (Authentication, Cloud Firestore and App Check) to sign you in, to store your raves, settings and group data, and to check that requests come from the real app. App Check uses Apple's and Google's device verification services. Cloudflare (Pages and D1) hosts raved.app and stores shared links, and keeps standard technical request logs. Apple's "Sign in with Apple" and Google Sign-In handle sign-in, depending on which you choose.

Title suggestions and cover art come from public catalog services: IMDb's suggestion endpoint, TVMaze, Open Library, the iTunes Search API, Wikipedia, Jikan, RAWG, TheCocktailDB and TheMealDB. Place suggestions come from Apple Maps on Apple devices and from Google Places and OpenStreetMap Nominatim on Android. These providers process data on our behalf or as independent services to answer those requests.

When you open a shared link on the web, the cover image loads from the site where it's hosted, which can see your IP address. Our website sets no cookies and uses no analytics.

Where data is stored

Your cloud copy of raves, your settings and group data are stored in Google Cloud Firestore in a Middle East region (Dammam, Saudi Arabia). Shared links are stored in Cloudflare D1. Your device keeps its own copy of your raves.

We are based in the United Arab Emirates, and our providers may process data in other countries, including the United States. These countries may not offer the same protection as yours. Where the law requires it, we rely on the safeguards in our providers' data-processing terms.

How long we keep it

• Your account, raves, settings and shared links: until you delete them or delete your account.
• Reports: as long as needed to handle them and deal with repeated abuse, and for no more than 12 months.
• Backups: deleted data can remain in our backups for up to 30 days.
• Support emails: as long as needed to help you and to keep a record of the request.

Deleting your account & data

You can delete your account at any time, directly in the app:

• Open Settings → Account → Delete account and confirm.
• This permanently deletes your Raved account and sign-in identity, your @username, your settings, the cloud copy of your raves, the raves on this device and your shared links.
• You leave your groups and the recommendations you added to them are removed. Groups where you're the only member are deleted.
• What can remain: reports, for the time above; backups, for up to 30 days; a random account code in group records, such as "done" marks or a list of removed members, without your name; and raves that other people saved to their own lists.

If you can't access the app, email [email protected] from your account email and we'll handle the deletion. See also Delete your account.

Children

Raved is not directed to children under 13 (or the minimum age in your country). We don't knowingly collect their data.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or restrict your personal data, to object to how we use it, and to take a copy with you. You can export your raves at any time in the app (Settings → Data). For anything else, contact us and we'll help. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.

Changes

We may update this policy. We'll change the date above and, for material changes, notify you in the app.

Contact

Questions? [email protected].